The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2085
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2014
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 131.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.65° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.12° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.